The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-05

sane. His ewes were flashing vim
dictively at the audience, and moving
right and left, as though looking for q
chance to run.
.'Oh. he'd deceive a smarter man than
you. - continued the keeper, for that is
What he evidently was. ''You see he's
get mind-reading on the brain. He's
been that way these five years He got
away from the State Asylum six weeks
ago, and we've been after him ever since.
Here's our papers
But everybody was so disguised at the
turn affairs had taken, that no one cared
to examine the papers; they were only
anxious that the lunatic should be got rid
Of Some dropped an anxious word that
the keepers might have difficulty in tax
/ ing him of.
''Never YOU fear" chuckled one OF
them. 1--WE know our man. And so
saving, he walked to the edge of the plat
form, and drawing from his pocket a
large, luscious pear, held it up for Mr..
CARDINAL to see That worthy glanced
at it and turned away his head. Still it
dangled there, and do what he could, his
gaze returned to it. Greed sparkled in
his ewes Finally he shook his head. The
keeper said, Gomez He shook his head
again. Then from his other pocket the
keeper drew another pear and held it up
also The poor mind-reader fixed his
eyes On them.
"Bothln be cried.
eyes, both of 'em, if you'll come
quietly replied the keeper.
"And can Ieat one nowF' with conf
cal assumption OF shrewdness.
''You shall have them both, now as
serted the keeper. The victory was com
plete. With formidablegr grin, the luna.
tic came forward, stepped from the Dlat-
form, and calmly left the hall, demolish-
ing his pear, and occasionally looking at
his other prize in exultation.
At the door of the hall carriage
stood, loaded with trunks, and the crowd
who had rushed to the door saw two
bags lying in the inside of the carriage.
Mr.. CARDINAL and his keepers entered,
and the carriage rolled away.
1t would be useless to report the Babel
of tongues that then found expression
among the audience. 1t was the strang-
est experience that they had ever met
with, and the unfortunate Mr.. Clithers
encountered many an ill-concealed re-
buke in the form of the oft-repeated
query:
"How could you ever be so deceivedl"
He didn't know himself. What indeed
affected him the most was the fact that
the mystery Of the stolen money was as
far from being solved as ever.
So they separated finally, each to his
home; but to many there was no rest
that night Most of them did not dis
cover it until the morning; but all the
next day there was weeping and wailing
in that pretty town. 1t was found that
while they were attending the seancc,
nearly every house belonging to the
wealthy people had been entered, at the
second story, and ransacked. 1t was
perfect night of looting. Mr. Clithers
suffered the most Many Jewels which
he supposed hidden had been taken, and,
worst of all, his safe had been
blown open, and all his available cash
carried off. He was ruined, and indeed
very many besides himself came near to
bankruptcy. Somehow, the good peo-
pie were many hours discussing the mat
ter before they connected the mind
reader with the robberies. Then Mr..
Cliiher's explanation of his safe robbery
opened their eyes fully. 1t was still
mystery to him how they obtained an ac-
quaintance with the inside of his house,
and it is so still, for his wife, although
she privately sorrowed over her fault,
kept faith with the mind reader. She
dared not confess about the money she
had purloined, and Mr.. CARDINAL kept
his word.
Shortly afterward, Mr.. Clithers re-
ceived note, as follows.
DEAR SIR: You wanted to find out where
your money was gone. / think you havedis
covered by this time who stole it.
The MIND READER"
But this insolent note did not satisfy
the merchant, and to his dying day the
truth was hidden from him. Les
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